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I like his comment in the long article that he wished people would see this as more normal. It is funny, because when I first saw the picture, it didn’t really occur to me that it wasn’t, because I have a person at home who is an involved father and have seen other men do similar things. One day though, perhaps that reaction might be the norm.

I wish people would see it as more normal, too. It seems that there are 2 common reactions to dads doing dad stuff: accusations of faking it or putting on some sort of show, or way too much praise and virtual cookies than necessary for what should just be considered “parenting.”

I love this photo! I wish my husband could do our daughter’s hair…but he can’t. He can brush the tangles out, with lots of crying and whining, but no matter how many times I show him, he cannot, for his life, actually braid or do pigtails or even a ponytails without it being uneven or getting more tangles in her hair. Alas, it is not part of the masculinity culture to care for a child (too feminine!), much less fix a female offspring’s hair (you pussy!!!). Props to him for making a new normal for masculinity!!!

That’s not exactly what I meant Elita. I meant that this picture would prompt people to be calling a white man a drug dealer or deadbeat (although also black men are stereotyped as less nurturing than white men.)